Opponents of a Massachusetts ballot measure to legalize medical marijuana in the state suffered an embarrassing stumble this week after learning that the web address they gave the secretary of state actually links to a satirical site mocking popular arguments against pot.

State election officials mailed that web address to millions of Bay State voters earlier this month in guides explaining this year's ballot.

"Medical marijuana is the gateway drug to Twinkie addiction," the home page of votenoonquestion3.org declares in bold text. A number of sarcastically titled articles are linked below, including "FACT: No Marijuana Smoker Has EVER Been Successful," which features a photo montage of a number of famous Americans who have used marijuana, including President Barack Obama.

The coalition against the ballot initiative, Question 3, made itself vulnerable to the prank by submitting a domain name to the Secretary of State's office that it hadn't actually registered.

Last months some 50,000 people in Los Angeles spoke out against the newly adopted full ban on medical marijuana dispensaries in the city of Los Angeles by signing a petition to get a ban repeal on the ballot.

"We're letting the city council know that they can't just come in and trump the will of the people, and that when they do things that are very unpopular, the people can stand up and say stop," said Don Duncan, California director of Americans for Safe Access.

"After the city council adopted the ban, patients, collective operators and organized labor all got together and organized a referendum campaign," said Duncan, "we were able to actually block the implementation of the ban before it even took effect and so that's a tremendous victory for patients."

Duncan sat down with ReasonTV's Tracy Oppenheimer to discuss the battle for medical marijuana, which he says isn't over yet. Voters have to either overturn the ban via the ballot box this spring, or come up with their own ordinance through the voter initiative process.

Advocates in Los Angeles must be ready for more battles with the city government ahead.